BRISCOE WAS NOT FIT

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30348, 25 January 1964, Page 18

BRISCOE WAS NOT FIT

Now Back On Injured List [From T P. McLEAN, Sports Editor of the "New Zealand Herald”) BELFAST, Jan. 24, The All Black vicecaptain, K. C. Briscoe, should never have played against Scotland last Saturday. On the day before the match Briscoe mildly complained of a pain in his leg, but because there was no cut or other source of infection he dismissed the trouble. He played one of his least successful games in All Black uniform and it was presumed that like every other good player he was merely having “one of those days.” But when Briscoe went for a medical examination in Dublin early this week, Dr. Paul Murray, a half-back of the 1930 British team in New Zealand, found that the leg trouble was attributable to a swollen vein and that there was a real risk of thrombosis developing. “Had I seen Briscoe on the day before the match,” Dr. Murray said, “I would never have passed him as fit to play.” Under treatment the condition has rapidly improved, but as a further stroke of ill luck Briscoe, at training on Thursday, ricked his neck, and is back on the injured list.

R.S.A. Bowls.— More than 50 teams representing Returned Services Association districts in New Zealand will take part in the N.Z.RS.A. Dominion bowling tournament in Tauranga on March 7 and B.—(P.A.)